DOCUMENT:Q135962 18-DEC-2000 [win95x] TITLE :Disk Tools Run by System Agent Pause for User Input PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:95 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:win95 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder. SYMPTOMS ======== When System Agent runs one of the disk tools (Compression Agent, Disk Defragmenter, or ScanDisk), the tool may pause for user input. Typically, the tool is prompting for the drive on which it should run, or is waiting for you to click the Start button. CAUSE ===== This behavior can occur if the System Agent-aware registry settings for the disk tool are missing or damaged. If the disk tool does not have valid registry settings, System Agent does not start the disk tool in unattended operation mode. RESOLUTION ========== Use Registry Editor to verify that the correct registry settings exist for the disk tool. The System Agent-aware registry settings are located in the following registry branch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Plus!\System Agent\SAGE Each disk tool has a key beneath this branch. The keys for the disk tools are: - Compression Agent - Disk Defragmenter - Low disk space notification - ScanDisk for Windows The following tables list the default values under these keys. These settings are required to make the tools function in unattended operation mode. Compression Agent ----------------- Type Name Data -------------------------------------------------- String Value Friendly Name Compression Agent String Value Program CMPAGENT.EXE Binary Value Settings 01 Disk Defragmenter ----------------- Type Name Data -------------------------------------------------- String Value Friendly Name Disk Defragmenter String Value Program DEFRAG.EXE Binary Value Settings 01 Low Disk Space Notification --------------------------- Type Name Data ------------------------------------------------------------ String Value Friendly Name Low disk space notification String Value Program DISKALM.EXE Binary Value Settings 01 ScanDisk for Windows -------------------- Type Name Data ----------------------------------------------------- String Value Friendly Name ScanDisk for Windows String Value Program SCANDSKW.EXE Binary Value Settings 01 For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry. WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. NOTE: You can also restore these settings by reinstalling System Agent. For information about reinstalling System Agent without losing your current System Agent settings, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q133191 Reinstalling System Agent Without Losing Scheduled Tasks MORE INFORMATION ================ In addition to the settings listed above, each key contains a Result Codes subkey. The Result Codes subkey is not required to make a tool System Agent- aware, but without these settings the Last Result column in System Agent and the System Agent log file contains only code numbers. The following tables list the result code settings for each disk tool. All of these settings are String Values. Compression Agent\Result Codes ------------------------------ Name Data ------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 Completed Successfully 1 Some files could not be optimized, due to low disk space 2 Unsuccessful; not enough free space 3 The process was interrupted before completing 4 Unsuccessful; drive contains errors 5 Unsuccessful; error reading from drive 6 Unsuccessful; error writing to drive 9 Unsuccessful; not enough memory 10 Unsuccessful; drive was invalid 11 Unsuccessful; no DriveSpace 3 drives found 15 Unsuccessful; disk was write-protected 26 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 105 Unsuccessful; drive was locked 106 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 108 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 109 Unsuccessful; 32-bit compression driver not installed 249 One or more drives could not be recompressed Success 1 Disk Defragmenter\Result Codes ------------------------------ Name Data --------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Completed Successfully 2 Unsuccessful; not enough free space 3 The process was interrupted before completing 4 Unsuccessful; drive contains errors 5 Unsuccessful; error reading from drive 6 Unsuccessful; error writing to drive 9 Unsuccessful; not enough memory 10 Unsuccessful; the drive was invalid 15 Unsuccessful; disk was write-protected 26 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 105 Unsuccessful; drive was locked 106 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 108 Unsuccessful; could not access drive 109 Unsuccessful; 32-bit compression driver not installed 249 One or more drives could not be defragmented Success 0 Low Disk Space Notification\Result Codes ---------------------------------------- Name Data -------------------------------- 0 Completed Successfully Success 0 ScanDisk for Windows\Result Codes --------------------------------- Name Data ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 No errors found 1 Errors found and all were fixed 249 One or more drives could not be checked 250 Drive could not be checked - could not load or find DSKMAINT.DLL 251 Drive could not be checked - insufficient memory 252 Errors were found and some were not fixed 254 Check was canceled 255 Check was stopped because of an error Success 1 Additional query words: sage sagelog.txt ====================================================================== Keywords : win95 Technology : kbWin95search kbGamesSearch kbPlusSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbPlus95 Version : WINDOWS:95 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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